Chunky vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Chunky and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

Chunky and Union are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Union has the higher population (2,289 vs 215 in Chunky). Chunky has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $42,791 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($105,600 vs $79,000 in Chunky).

Population, income & housing

	Chunky	Union
Population	215	2,289
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$42,791
Median home value	$79,000	$105,600
Median gross rent	$1,042	$464
Housing units	101	961
Homeownership rate	83.8%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chunky	Union
Population	344 → 215 (-37.5%)	2,349 → 2,289 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $56,667 (+72.2%)	$35,300 → $42,791 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$60,900 → $79,000 (+29.7%)	$80,900 → $105,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,042 (+37.8%)	$475 → $464 (-2.3%)

Chunky

Population

344215

Median household income

$32,917$56,667

Median home value

$60,900$79,000

Median gross rent

$756$1,042

Union

Population

2,3492,289

Median household income

$35,300$42,791

Median home value

$80,900$105,600

Median gross rent

$475$464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chunky	Union
Under 5	5.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	15.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.0%
75 and over	5.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chunky	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	48.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chunky	Union
No high school diploma	15.1%	28.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chunky	Union
Drove alone	80.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chunky	Union
1-unit, detached	63.4%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Chunky	Union
Poverty rate	7.4%	30.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1975	1971